{"id":434937,"date":"2021-04-20T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=434937"},"modified":"2021-04-20T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:49:57","slug":"biden-called-floyd-family-told-them-he-is-praying-for-them-brother-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-called-floyd-family-told-them-he-is-praying-for-them-brother-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Called Floyd Family, Told Them He Is Praying For Them, Brother Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-called-floyd-family-told-them-he-is-praying-for-them-brother-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=434937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden called George Floyd\u2019s family on Monday to let them know he was praying for them, Floyd\u2019s younger brother said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden told the Floyd family he knew what it was like to lose a family member and hoped the trial would \u201ccome out OK,\u201d George Floyd\u2019s younger brother Philonise Floyd said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/president-biden-called-george-floyd-s-family-say-he-praying-n1264612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC\u2019s<\/a> \u201cToday\u201d Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just calling,\u201d Philonise Floyd said, according to NBC News. \u201cHe knows how it is to lose a family member, and he knows the process of what we\u2019re going through. So he was just letting us know that he was praying for us, hoping that everything will come out to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/derek-chauvin-pleads-fifth-testify-george-floyd-murder-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Chauvin<\/a>, the Minneapolis police officer who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/09\/george-floyd-body-camera-transcript-derek-chauvin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kneeled on George Floyd\u2019s neck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/defense-witness-derek-chauvin-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded<\/a> and members of the jury began deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and my family, we pray about it every day,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just feel that in America, if a black man can\u2019t get justice for this, what can a black man get justice for?\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/derek-chauvin-trial-judge-peter-cahill-maxine-waters-comments-appeal-suggests-trial-could-be-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Chauvin Trial Judge To Defense: Maxine Waters \u2018May Have Given You Something On Appeal That May Result In This Whole Trial Being Overturned\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden spoke with the family of George Floyd yesterday to check in with them and also share that the family was in his prayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1384513470641623044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden met with Philonise Floyd and other family members before George Floyd\u2019s funeral in June, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/07\/us\/politics\/joe-biden-george-floyd-funeral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody last year sparked months of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/26\/george-floyd-dc-protest-black-lives-matter-one-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protests<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/30\/24-people-killed-george-floyd-riots-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">riots<\/a> nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/18\/we-mean-business-maxine-waters-daunte-wright-protest-encourages-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told protesters<\/a> in Minnesota on Sunday to get \u201cmore active\u201d if the trial resulted in a \u201cnot guilty\u201d verdict. She added that protesters needed to show that they \u201cmean business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philonise Floyd urged protesters to stay peaceful in the aftermath of the jury\u2019s verdict announcement, according to NBC News. However, he said he understands the \u201churt\u201d many are feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, I can\u2019t stop people from doing the things that they\u2019re doing because people are in pain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The judge presiding over Chauvin\u2019s trial said Waters\u2019 comments <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/derek-chauvin-trial-judge-peter-cahill-maxine-waters-comments-appeal-suggests-trial-could-be-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">could result<\/a> in the entire trial being overturned.\u00a0But, when asked if Biden would condemn Waters\u2019 statement, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/04\/19\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-april-19-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read a statement<\/a> saying the president was \u201ccommitted to undoing\u201d systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden called George Floyd\u2019s family on Monday to let them know he was praying for them, Floyd\u2019s younger brother said.President Joe Biden told the Floyd family he knew &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}